Colorado Rockies

Outfielder J.B. Shuck on Saturday was put on the 15-day disabled list by the Chicago White Sox because of a strained left hamstring. Shuck was hitting .278 with 11 runs batted in. He was injured Friday when he scored on a wild pitch in the seventh inning of Chicago's 13-6 loss to the New York Yankees. Kyle Kendrick, Corey Dickerson are put on DL by Rockies Right-hander Kyle Kendrick and outfielder Corey Dickerson were put on the 15-day DL by the Colorado Rockies. Kendrick left Friday's 7-0 loss to the Cardinals after one inning because of shoulder inflammation. Dickerson broke two ribs while diving for Jason Heyward's line drive during the Rockies' 9-8 loss to...

DENVER (AP) — After all that speculation the past couple of years, the Colorado Rockies finally traded Troy Tulowitzki.Surprising spot, too — north of the border to a team loaded with bats.Tulowitzki was sent to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jose Reyes and...

Roughly six weeks after being selected by Colorado on the first round of baseball's First Year Player draft, former Stroudsburg standout Mike Nikorak has made his professional debut.
Nikorak, a strong-armed right handed pitcher, took the mound for...

Darin Mastroianni was a productive hitter and solid defensive outfielder in his month of service this season with the IronPigs.
Chris Nelson also was good at the plate and a versatile defensive player in the first few weeks for Lehigh Valley.
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The last day of the 2014-15 athletic year for Lehigh Valley high schools turned out to be one of the best.
A week ago, Parkland and Bethlehem Catholic went to Penn State. Both returned home with PIAA softball championships.
Those victories by the...

MLB.com's Jim Callis is reporting on Twitter that Stroudsburg High School's Mike Nikorak and the Colorado Rockies have reached a contract agreement.Nikorak, a right-handed pitcher, was the 27th pick in this month's First-Year Player draft with a pick...

Lehigh junior second baseman Mike Garzillo became the latest Morning Call-area player picked in the Major League Baseball Draft, going to the New York Yankees in the 38th round (pick No. 1,143 overall) Wednesday.
Garzillo enjoyed a breakout junior season...

When the 10th round of the Major League Baseball Draft arrived, Justin Pacchioli stared at his computer screen knowing what awaited him.Either his name would pop up over the next 30 picks Tuesday evening or he would go to bed wondering again whether...

SECAUCUS, N.J. — As picks came and went and Mike Nikorak didn't hear his name called in the 2015 First-Year Player Draft, the Stroudsburg High pitching star said he tried to maintain a "calm and positive attitude."
He was one of four high...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have questioned a man who was flying a drone around Citizens Bank Park during a Philadelphia Phillies game.Authorities say Phillies staff first spotted the remote-controlled drone near the third-base gate on Sunday but it landed...

PHILADELPHIA — It was more of the same at Citizens Bank Park Sunday afternoon.The Phillies allowed a few home runs, they had trouble hitting with runners in scoring position and they lost.Philadelphia starter Jerome Williams went just five innings,...

If anything was to go right for the Phillies in 2015, it was supposed to be the bullpen.
It didn't start off 2014 strong, but the relief corps finished the year as one of baseball's best.
From June 1 through the end of the year they were ranked...

For the second game in a row, home runs plagued the Phillies.
Just like Friday, Saturday afternoon Philadelphia allowed the Colorado Rockies to homer three times in a game. Nolan Arenado, Michael McKenry and Ben Paulsen all hit solo shots for the Rockies...

PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels had trouble keeping his pitches in the ballpark to begin this season.He served up seven home runs in his first three starts, but then seemed to figure things out, allowing just one homer in his next seven starts.Friday, he...

NEW YORK — The Philadelphia Phillies 10-day, three-city road trip could not have ended any worse.New York Mets prized prospect Noah Syndergaard pitched six-hit ball into the eighth inning and connected for his first major league home run in a 7-0...

After beginning the season 11-23 and owning the worst winning percentage in all of baseball, the Phillies showed life, turning things around, at least momentarily, winning seven of eight before taking the field Thursday afternoon in Colorado.
The...

DENVER — Jerome Williams finally started against the Colorado Rockies again. Only took a decade.It wasn't exactly the outing he was anticipating, either.Williams struggled with his command as the Philadelphia Phillies fell 7-3 to the struggling Colorado...

Penn State's annual coaches caravan made a stop in Allentown this morning, with football coach James Franklin leading the way. Women's volleyball coach Russ Rose and wrestling coach Cael Sanderson joined Franklin in visiting the Lehigh Valley. Mark...